Improvement in ironing-tables



"V7-3 P. 0. TH-YNE.

improvement in Ironing Tables.

Patented Sep. 12,1871.

np.. neme w t m V 2 L STATES PATRICK OTHAYNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,878, datedSeptember 12, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

@Be it known that I, PATRICK OTHAYNE, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Tables,and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingforming part of this specification, in which- Figurel is a top plan viewof my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. l. Fig. 3 representsatransverse section of Figs. l and 2, taken from the line x Letters oflike name and kind indicate like parts in each of the gures.

My invention relates to that class of apparatus used in laundries, aswell as in the household and has for its object a more speedy andperfect mode for ironing garments from the wash. The nature of myinvention chiefly consists in the use of an auxiliary table, weightedlever, and binding-cord and brace, so combined and arranged as to enablethe operator to spread out the garment or article to be ironed upon thesaid auxiliary table, and to hold the same securely in position upon thetable by means of the bindin g-cord and brace.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation, and method of usingthe same.

A is the ironing-table, having a portion of the top extended, as shownat A', which table may be of any suitable dimensions. (l is the top ofthe table, and is an ordinary plain board. At one end of the frame A aresecured eye-screws or staples, or other suitable devices a a, throughwhich pass and hold the lugs o, which said lugs are rigidly secured to aboard, D,whicl1 extends outward horizontally from the end of the frameor surface of the table. At the outer end ofthe board D is firmlysecured an upright, E, against which the brace G rests. On the extendedportion of the table isvplaced the ironing-board F, upon which thefabric or garment is placed to be ironed, and is secured thereto bymeans of a brace, G, which is removed from the position shown in thedrawing when the garment is placed in proper position for ironing, oneend of the garment lapping over the end of the board F, and the brace Gis pressed down upon the garment and firmly held, as fully shown inFigs. l and 2. The opposite end of the garment is held in position bypassing the cord H over it, and securing one end of the cord to a hookon one side of the table, while the other end o'f the cord is attachedto a jointed lever, I, at the end of which lever is a weight, K. Theauxiliary table or ironingboard F may be secured to the main table bypins, or in any suitable manner. The board 1) may be used to keep thegarments being ironed from the floor. L represents another plan or amodification ofthe one just described, bein g constructed and operatedin a similar manner-the brace G', table L, levers and cords performingthe same functions, and operated substantially the same, as before shownand described.

It will be observed that the whole apparatus may be readily detached orattached when desired. K

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The arrangement of the ironing-board F, cord H, and weighted lever I,in combination with the table C, substantially as shown and described.

2. The brace G, in combination with the ironing-board F, cord H,weighted lever I, upright E, and board D, substantially" as herein shownand described.

P. OTHAYNE. `Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, WHEELER W. PHILLIPS.

